Synonyms for defamation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Libel
libel, slander, calumny, aspersion, vilification, disparagement, detraction, abuse, denigration, scandal, false witness, backbiting, insult, smear
2. Hatchet job
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000.
Forms
- Plural
- defamations → libels, slanders, calumnies, aspersions…
Example sentences
- libel The actress sued the magazine for libel.
- slander She loudly said every slander imaginable about me.
- calumny There's something even worse than calumny, it's truth.
By length
- 5 letters
- abuse2, smear1, libel2
- 6 letters
- insult2
- 7 letters
- scandal2, slander2, calumny3, obloquy3
- 9 letters
- aspersion3, aftertale
- 10 letters
- backbiting3, detraction
- 11 letters
- denigration, traducement
- 12 letters
- vilification5, calumniation
- 13 letters
- disparagement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abuse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- diffamation
- Italiano
- diffamazione
- Español
- difamación
- Deutsch
- Verleumdung
- Català
- difamació